SOL

A unique live immersive project by New York based star saxophonist Ben Wendel, in collaboration with visual artist Ruben Van Leer.

Ben Wendel, together with director Ruben Van Leer, has ensembled an ambitious multidisciplinary project called SOL (Sound of Light). With the expertise of audiovisual artist Wes Broersen, choreographer Lukáš Timulak and scenography by Tiemen Rapati, the team has built an “immersive improv machine”, in which Wendel and dancer Alice Godfrey investigate how we interact with our body, nature, memory and trauma. The core of SOL consists of specially designed technology in which music, sound, light and movement are connected in real time. An interaction between solo saxophone, dance, video and an array of lasers. Members of this team have previously collaborated with The Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Massive Attack, Nederlands Dans Theater and United Visual Artists.

SOL is a production of Truth.io and Ben Wendel, created with the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts.

Created at the BIMHUIS in Amsterdam as part of the BIMHUIS Productions – REFLEX 2023 commission awarded to Ben Wendel, with the support of Ammodo.

Ben Wendel composition & saxophone
Ruben Van Leer direction
Alice Godfrey dance
Lukáš Timulak choreography
Tiemen Rapati scenography
Wes Broersen audiovisual design
Annemarije Van Harten costume design

Original music suite “SOL” composed by Ben Wendel
Alwin Poiana & Merijn Collignon Photography